Who Fought the Better Fighters? Mayweather or Pacquiao?

[Mr140]

Well C lo are you saying that Pac peaked at 30 or 31 then because for a lower weight fighter kinda weird thing to happen. I mean he was 26 and been fighting for 10 years when Morles beat him but back to the question of there top wins i guess. Would have to be Morles, Barrea, and Marquez for Pac and For Mayweather Castllio, Correles and Dela Hoya i don't see their top wins being to far off really. I guess the thing that can also be said is that Mayweather never lost so kinda what tips off the scale as well.

[zhubin]

I have always criticized Floyd's resume (despite some big wins and his obvious tremendous talent). And yes...Pac has fought three LEGENDARY Mexican fighters in his career...but some of his recent victories have been incredibly over hyped. But honestly...you can always finds ways to poke holes in someones resume. Floyd has been fighting at a higher lever from a younger age and his incredible technical and defensive brilliance often downplay his wins. Pac creates more excitement and firework in the ring because of his offensive style...hence people look at him as more of a "warrior." We can also look at the fighters they both fought: Hatton, Delahoya, Marquez, and Mosley. Clearly you have to say Pac fought a better Marquez (at his natural weight, younger, etc.). But Floyd basically finished Hatton's career and left Pac with a shot fighter (please note...i do not rate a PRIME Hatton highly for what's it's worth). Delahoya was also past his best against both fighters...but he was far worse off when he fought Pac (older, weight drained, etc.) than when he fought Floyd. And Mosley was clearly past his best when both fighters fought him. The incredible media overhype of Pac has come over his recent wins over "bigger" fighters. While one has to respect the fact that Pac went up in weight...i certainly don't respect his wins as much as others. Floyd also has not had huge wins. Bringing up Marquez in weight cheapened his win. As far as Ortiz....while he certainly is not a GREAT fighter...he at least was a young, live body. I actually think the Ortiz Floyd fought recently was a more dangerous fighter than the versions of Cotto and Margo Pac beat. At the end of the day...none of this really means much. We all have our opinions and biases. Hopefully these two will fight each other soon.

[FinitoElDinamita]

Violent demise, u takin a stab at my boxing knowledge? Lmfao homey, u compare ur saddoleague ranking compared to mine and there goes ur answer..
I never said anything about barreras age,foo.. Its about the mileage on the odometer, not the age, we all know that. Barrera was still at the top of his game when he fought naz.


Go make me a sandwich or something, vd.

[Violent Demise]

Violent demise, u takin a stab at my boxing knowledge? Lmfao homey, u compare ur saddoleague ranking compared to mine and there goes ur answer..
I never said anything about barreras age,foo.. Its about the mileage on the odometer, not the age, we all know that. Barrera was still at the top of his game when he fought naz.


Go make me a sandwich or something, vd.

I don't know what your knowledge is to take a stab at it. Lot of foolish people think Barrera was prime going into the Hamed fight. If your one of them than the comment applies to you. If not than it doesn't.

[miron_lang]

ok

to be fair

both Barrera (Who was at #2 or #3 p4p at the time and would win another title north after ) and

Pacquiao ( Who will lose to Morales in his 1st fight at 130 )

aren't prime on November of 2003 *one of them was primed



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Barrera had a different style at 122 but LOL at Barrera being not primed againts Naz

-Peace

[Gandalf]

They both fought decent fighters. IMO these threads always turn into a 'my fighter has a bigger one that yours' when in reality I suspect that Floyd might be somewhat more endowed, but in terms of actual opponents, you can really make a case for either guy.

Mayweather has perhaps coasted more in recent years in never facing Cotto nor Margarito, but in his time he did fight credible opposition.

[piye]

Records are very similar both have big wins at low weights and good wins at high weights Pacs might be slightly better first to fight and beat Martinez has the best resume.

[Violent Demise]

ok

to be fair

both Barrera (Who was at #2 or #3 p4p at the time and would win another title north after ) and

Pacquiao ( Who will lose to Morales in his 1st fight at 130 )

aren't prime on November of 2003 *one of them was primed



--

Barrera had a different style at 122 but LOL at Barrera being not primed againts Naz

-Peace

Of course to the average novice Barrera was in his prime.

[C-Lo]

Well C lo are you saying that Pac peaked at 30 or 31 then because for a lower weight fighter kinda weird thing to happen. I mean he was 26 and been fighting for 10 years when Morles beat him but back to the question of there top wins i guess. Would have to be Morles, Barrea, and Marquez for Pac and For Mayweather Castllio, Correles and Dela Hoya i don't see their top wins being to far off really. I guess the thing that can also be said is that Mayweather never lost so kinda what tips off the scale as well.

I honestly think Pacquiao's peak was between his fights from David Diaz until he fought Cotto. He's been on the slide since he fought Clottey and on.

Pacquiao imo.

This should've been how I originally replied to this thread. GENIUS!

[miron_lang]

ok

to be fair

both Barrera (Who was at #2 or #3 p4p at the time and would win another title north after ) and

Pacquiao ( Who will lose to Morales in his 1st fight at 130 )

aren't prime on November of 2003 *one of them was primed



--

Barrera had a different style at 122 but LOL at Barrera being not primed againts Naz

-Peace

Of course to the average novice Barrera was in his prime.

so he was prime againts Junior Jones?